L’Armorial dels Canonges de la seu de Barcelone de Francesc Tarafa

(Francesc Tarafa’s Armorial of the Canons of the See of Barcelona)

1536

  1. Joannes de Cardona, episcopus. D’or quatre pals de gueule flangé: lo primier del segon tres carts del primier; segon de azure semé de flors de lir d’or, sus un lambeau de guele ha tres pendents
    [Per saltire paly Or and gules, and azure seme-de-lys Or, as a crest a bishops hat gules with three pendents]
  2. F. Hie Be. Franch. Escartelé: primier e derrier de gueule un francholín d’or; segon e treç faxé contrafaxé d’or de azure en sis peçes.
    [Quartered. 1st and 4th: Gules, a dove(?) Or, 2nd and 3rd. Per pale barry Or and azure and barry azure and Or]
  3. Micha. Fuster. De azur una fusina d’or passant embellida de sable.
    [Azure, a fox(?) passant Or embellished sable]
  4. Michael Coll. Escartelé: primier e derrier d’or dos munts de gueule floré e florené; segon e terç del primier una banda de sable.
    [Quartered. 1st and 4th: Or, two mounts couped issuant from the dexter mount a fleur-de-lys of Florence gules. 2nd and 3rd. Or, a bend sable.]
  5. Jacobus Stanyol. En faxe" primer de azur, segon d’argent, nadant un signe de sa color, sus aut una stela d’or.
    [Per fess azure and argent, a swan naiant proper, beaked(?) Or]
  6. Philipus de Malla. Lozangé d’or e de sable.
    [Lozengy Or and sable.]
  7. Franciscus Ferrer. De azur tres ferros de cavall d’or los punts de sable
    [Azure, three horseshoes Or spotted (nailed?, nailholes(?)) sable]
  8. Gabriel Miró. Bandé d’or e de azure en sis peçes; lo xeff del primer una M del segon.
    [Bendy of six Or and azure, on a chief Or an "M" azure.]
  9. Petrus Roquer. De azur sis roques d’or, sus aut dos steles e un centour ab branchons del mesme.
    [Azure, six "roques" (a mountain of six peaks, one two and three) couped, in chief two branches in saltire between two mullets of eight points ??]
  10. Fran. Solsona. En Faxe: primer de azure un solell d’or; segon vase contra vase de argent e azur.|
    [Per fess azure and barry wavy argent and azure, in chief a sun (in his splendor) Or]
  11. Anto Mestre. De azur una mà en pal de sa color.
    [Azure, a hand proper (?)]
  12. Raphael Ubach. Escartelé: primier e derrier eschequeté d’or e de azur; segon e terç del segon una stela del primier.
    [Quartered. 1st and 4th: Checky Or and azure. 2nd and 3rd. Azure, a mullet of eight points Or.]
  13. Ja Cassador. D’or tres roses de gueule, una faxa de azur sus una stela del primier.
    [Or, on a fess azure between three roses gules, a mullet of eight points Or.]
  14. G. R. Desplà. Lozangé d’or e de sable, borde de gueule deu roses del primier.
    [Lozengy Or and sable, on a bordure gules, eight roses Or.]
  15. Anto Sibil. Escartelé: primier e derrier d’or un cep de sinoble; segon e terç del primier un gall de sable cresta y armé de gueule.
    [Quartered. 1st and 4th: Or, a tree (oak?) vert. 2nd and 3rd, Or a cock sable crested and armed gules.]
  16. Vicen. Sors. Escartelé: primier e derrier d’argent un compàs de azure aut dos cometes de gueule e baix una rosa del mesme; segon e terç en faxe: primier d’or una cabra de sable passant, segon vaze contra vaxe d’argent e azure.
    [Quartered. 1st and 4th: Argent, a compass azure between two comets gules and a rose branch "mesme?". 2nd and 3rd: Per fess Or and barry wavy argent and azure, in chief a goat passant sable.]
  17. Joannes Calvet. Escartelé: primier e derrier de guele una croys d’argent florea sus ella una altra del primier; segon e terç d’argent tres faxes de azure
    [Quartered. 1st and 4th: Gules, a cross fleury argent (not sure what the rest is??). 2nd and 3rd: Argent, three barrulets azure.]
  18. Joannes Solsona. En faxe: primier de azure un solell d’or; segon vaxe contra vaxe de argent a de azur..
    [Per fess azure and barry wavy argent and azure, in chief a sun in his splendor Or.]
  19. Petrus Siurana, elemosinarius anni presentis. De azure un castell d’or, porté, finestré del primier, masoné de sable.
    [Azure, a castle Or, masoned sable, doors and windows azure]
  20. Michael Portes. De azur tres portes de or emballides de sable.
    [Azure, three portals Or "somethinged" sable]
  21. Bartho. Ferrer. De argent un xevron de gueule, borde de peçes.
    [Argent, a chevron gules, a bordure compony gules and argent. (literally, a bordure of pieces gules)]
  22. Guillermus Rossell. De or una rosa de gueule ab un brot de sinoble, sus aut un rosinyol de sa color.
    [Or, a rose gules, slipped vert, perched upon it a rosinyol (bird of what sort??) proper]
  23. Guillermus Cassador, elemosinarius anni presentis. D’or tres roses de gueule, una faxa de azur sus una stela del primier.
    [Or, on a fess azure between three roses gules, a mullet of eight points Or.]
  24. Vincencius Rossell. De or una rosa de gueule ab un brot de sinoble, sus aut un rosinyol de sa color.
    [Or a rose gules slipped vert, perched upon it a "rosinyol" proper]
  25. Jacobus Vives [en blanc]
  26. Anto Quintana. De azur tres scuts de argent sus quiscun sinch torteus de sable en centour.
    [Azure, three escutcheons argent each charged with in saltire five torteaux sable.]
  27. Anto Pintor. Escartelé. Primer e derrier d’or una faxa de azur, sus una pinta del primier; segon e terç d’or un leó de gueule, lengué del mesme, armé de sable.
    [Quartered. 1st and 4th: Or, on a fess azure a label Or. 2nd and 3rd: Or, a lion gules langed ??, armed sable.]
  28. Micha Jo. Icart. Escartelé: primier e derrier de azur un cart d’or embellit de sable, segon e terç d’or una [merla] de sable, membrea de gueule.
    [Quartered. 1st and 4th: Azure ?? Or ?? sable. 2nd and 3rd: Or, a crow? sable, membered gules.]
  29. Benedic Collbató. En Faxe: lo primier d’or tres torteus en fase, los dos [ ] lo del mis [] tres flors de lir d’or; segon d’or dos monts de sinoble sus aut al primier una flor de lir de gueule, sus aut al segon un torteu de azur.
    [Per fess Or and Or, in chief in fess on a torteau between two more, three fleurs-de-lys Or, in base two mounts vert, issuant from the dexter mount a fleur-de-lys gules and issuant from the sinister mount a roundel azure.]
  30. Marchus Ant. Simó. [En blanc]
  31. Michael Puig. De azure sis monts d’or sus aut una croys fichea de gueule.
    [Azure, six mounts conjoined one two and three, issuant from base, in chief a cross botonny gules. (yes, I think it says fitchy, but the picture is definitely not fitchy)]
  32. Hono Salaverdenya [ En blanc]
  33. Nichol Molner. De azur una mola d’argent, lo punt de sable e lo peu undé del primier e del segon.
    [Azure, a lock ? argent, pierced sable, in base a ford proper]
  34. Joannes Celers. De azure set steles d’or embellides de sable.
    [Azure, six mullets of eight points three, two and one, Or embellished sable.]
  35. Petrus G. Comes. Escartelé: primier e derrier d’or dos faxes de azure corveas; segon e terç del primier un sirier de sinoble.
    [Quartered: 1st and 4th: Or, two bars embowed azure. 2nd and 3rd, Or a tree vert.]
  36. 36. Galcerandus Durall. Escartelé: primier e derrier de gueule tres barbs d’or en faxe; segon e terç d’ argent ~aquila de sable membrea d’or armea de []
    [Quartered. 1st and 4th: gules, in pale three barbs (fish of some sort) fesswise Or. 2nd and 3rd: argent, an eagle sable membered Or armed de []]
  37. Vicencius Navarra. D’or quatre pals de sable.
    [Or, four palets sable, or Paly Or and sable]
  38. Andre. Mediona [en blanc]
  39. Joannes Spuny. De azur tres manyoples de argent embellides.
    [Azure, three guantled fists fesswise couped argent]
  40. Franciscus Cambra. D’or una faxa de sinoble, sus un lebrier d’argent.
    [Or, on a fess vert, a grayhound statant (courant? – he’s in a particularly doggy position somewhere between the two) argent]
  41. Seraphinus de Masdovelles, villicus anni presentis. D’argent vuyt torteaus de azur.
    [Argent, ten roundels two, two, two, two, and two, azure.]
  42. Capitolus Sedis Barcinone. De gueule croys d’argent patea.
    [Gules, a cross patee argent.]
  43. Franciscus Taraffa, archiverius. Vase contra vase de argent e azure, una faxa d’or sus un tau de sable.
    [Barry wavy argent and azure, on a fess Or a tau cross sable.]

[Notes: Merles, black birds w/feet – perhaps crows or ravens?]

[Cart: a plant of some sort with leaves and roots at the bottom in a cup shae, and three spikes terminating in a wheatlike head]

[Francola: Doesn’t have a raptor beak, although beak is sharp. Looks kind of like a turkey hen]

[Mola: A roundel with what looks like a keyhole in the middle]